17 May, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Thanks for your comments and emails regarding my PhD upgrading! I appreciate everyone’s support. I got everything submitted yesterday. I won’t know until the beginning of June whether I passed or not, but I will try not to think about it too much.

I think it’ll take me a few days to get back on track with my work. I feel as if there’s a big hole in my life suddenly. This upgrading deadline has been looming over me for months and it’s weird to have it behind me now. I’m not quite sure what to do with myself! This doesn’t mean I don’t have tons of work to do. I have even more work ahead of me than I realized. As part of the upgrade, I had to make detailed outlines of my dissertation and also submit a timeline for completion. Seeing it all written down was a wake-up call. I was aiming to finish in September 2009, but now I think December 2009 is more realistic. I have so much work to do it’s overwhelming. What’s worse is that I’ve wasted a lot of time, which is making me kick myself, but all I can do now is move forward, slowly but surely…

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1. Silvana Says:

   May 18th, 2008 at 3:01 am

   Keep on moving ahead! And if you have to go on a mini-break to Paris to sort yourself out before you start your work again, then so be it

2. Anita Says:

   May 18th, 2008 at 4:12 am

   Congratulations on meeting the milestone. Before you get bogged down in all that comes due next, take a moment to breathe. It’s okay to be pleased with yourself for making it this far. Enjoy the accomplishment.

3. Anglofille Says:

   May 19th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

   Silvana: You know me too well!!!

   Anita: Thank you. xoxo

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